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Early on in my midwifery training I was surprised to learn just how rich a learning environment your womb provides for your baby throughout pregnancy. Your baby's health and wellbeing throughout life is crucially affected during your pregnancy.

To anyone who has adopted or is close to networks supporting those with adopted children, there is sadly no surprise at these figures. Adoptive families across the UK are feeling relieved that their struggles are being noticed.

Hearing from children and young people and placing their outcomes at the centre of foster carer commissioning are hardly revolutionary ideas - but implementing these two things consistently could make a significant difference to the lives of generations of children.

Every child has stressful situations to cope with, including arguments with friends, bullying, and disputes with parents, as well as pressures about the way they look, which can emanate from social media and its reflection of a 'perfect world' adorned by 'perfect people'.

She's talked about wanting to be a nurse when she grows up, but at the moment she wants to look after dolphins after we swam with them on a trip. To be honest, we don't care what she does - we are just delighted to be even talking about her growing up after everything she's been through. We will be happy with whatever she wants.

The norm is taking a huge toll on families - full timers feeling unhappy and overwhelmed in roles where they may be in almost constant demand; flexible workers finding themselves stuck in jobs where their experience and talent are wasted; couples pushed apart by very different experiences of the workplace and family life; and children stuck in the middle.

It seems to me that the focus on breastfeeding is excessive and that for some children, the milk they have in the first year of their life may actually be the highest quality food they ever get - even if it's made from the dreaded formula.

Adoptees now live in a world that is connected like never before through social media. The time and effort that tracing family members created a buffer and time to think and reflect. Now, connections can be made with the tap of the finger in seconds in an impulse. Many children are looking to join the dots of their lives and be connected to some of the key people in their life stories.